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Advisors, brokers slacking on compliance under fiduciary rule

Some advisers and brokers may be short-circuiting processes and possibly violating the fiduciary rule's impartial conduct standards, even if inadvertently, attorneys at Drinker Biddle say.

By Nick Thornton | Updated on January 30, 2018
Some advisors and brokers may be ignoring the fiduciary rule requirement to compare plan fees with IRAs, attorneys at Drinker Biddle say. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Media)

More than six months after the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule was partially implemented, anecdotal evidence is emerging that industry is struggling to comply with new requirements on investment recommendations in qualified retirement accounts.

Specifically, brokers and advisors are failing the rule’s best interest standard when advising on distributions from employer-sponsored retirement plans and rollovers to IRAs, according to Fred Reish, a partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath and chair of the law firm’s Financial Services ERISA team.

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Nick Thornton

Nick Thornton

Nick Thornton is a financial writer covering retirement and health care issues for BenefitsPRO and ALM Media. He greatly enjoys learning from the vast minds in the legal, academic, advisory and money management communities when covering the retirement space. He's also written on international marketing trends, financial institution risk management, defense and energy issues, the restaurant industry in New York City, surfing, cigars, rum, travel, and fishing. When not writing, he's pushing into some land or water.

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